The CNYOSM Climbing Team finished the year with 14 State Highpoint Summits. In the spring, Dr. Carr soloed Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous USA at 14,505 feet. Normally done as a multi-day backpacking trip, Dr. Carr completed it in a single day. Two days later, he topped out on 13,143 foot Boundary Peak in Nevada.
The fall saw the assault continue on the western peaks as Dr. and Mrs Carr stood atop Arizona’s 12,633 foot Mount Humphrey and New Mexico’s 13,171 foot Wheeler Peak. Scattered throughout the year were ten more modest summits. To add some international flavor, the CNYOSM Team summitted several Peruvian peaks around Machu Picchu and the altitude highpoint of the year was on the 20,945 foot Ausengate, considered one of the nation’s holiest mountains.
2010 also marked the success of the CNYOSM Ultra Team by member, Ben Allanson with his completion of his first Syracuse Ultra 70.3! It was a great accomplishment and motiviating to all of the crew.
January 2010
The CNY Climbing Team accomplished 10 State High Points this winter: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. This expedition was an excellent endurance preparation for the upcoming Spring climbs of Orgeon, California and Nevada. Dr. Carr will seek the heights of Mount Whitney, the highest summit in the contiguous United States, at 14,505 feet.
